// Using dynamic memory allocation for char arrays

#include <iostream>
#include <cstring>
#include <cstdlib>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
int i;
char* names[7]; // declare array of pointers to char
char temp[16];

// read in 7 names and dynamically allocate storage for each
for (i = 0; i < 7; i++)
{
cout << "Enter a name => ";
cin >> temp;
names[i] = new char[strlen(temp) + 1];

// copy the name to the newly allocated address
strcpy(names[i],temp);
}
// print out the names
for (i = 0; i < 7; i ++)
cout << names[i] << endl;

// release the allocated memory for each name
for (i = 0; i < 7; i++)
delete [] names[i];
}